Marvin Lear, who was in the Certified Production Technician training class held in East Spencer exactly one year ago, was nominated by Centralina Workforce Development for a North Carolina Governor’s NCWorks Award of Distinction and he was selected! Marvin will be presented this award for “demonstrating exceptional achievement to attain career-related goals. Here is a…[ Read More → ]

Robert Kaplan, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, keynoted a North American workforce conference in Dallas on September 30-31 hosted by the North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO) and the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). Mr. Kaplan cited his July 2017 Assessment of Current Economic Conditions and Implications for U.S. Monetary…[ Read More → ]

Recently, careertech.org reported that two years after the act was passed into law, the second plan submission window for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) came this week for states. In 2015, ESSA was passed as a reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), updating the act to give more state and…[ Read More → ]

Given their increasing use of industry certifications to upskill the American workforce, both federal and state agencies are requiring more rigorous accountability data to justify their support for individual certifications. The government sources cited below reinforce MSSC’s leadership in three key accountability metrics: wage impact, job placement and quality assurance. These sources further strengthen the…[ Read More → ]

On June 22 at the National Skills USA Competition in Louisville, MSSC CEO Leo Reddy and Amatrol President Paul Perkins announced and demonstrated a new hands-on Certified Production Technician Plus (CPT+) Skill Boss program. This “MSSC Community Alert” provides more detail on the structure and implementation of this program. Description: The centerpiece of this new…[ Read More → ]

On July 18, MSSC Board of Directors nominated and accepted two new board members. Mr. Samuel E. Bottum, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Snap-on Incorporated. Mr. Bottum advances marketing, brand management, innovation, and customer connection efforts across the company. He joined Snap-on Incorporated in 2011 as the General Manager of Innovation Works, collaborating across business units and customer…[ Read More → ]

MSSC and Conexus Indiana recently completed an intensive training program for 85 Indiana teachers to help more high schoolers succeed in securing MSSC CPT credentials. Conexus Indiana delivers MSSC Safety and Quality content through Hire Tech, a 2-year turn-key high school curriculum that offers students Ivy Tech Community College dual credits toward a degree following…[ Read More → ]

On June 22 at the 53rd Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference hosted by SkillsUSA, MSSC and Amatrol launched the MSSC CPT + Skill Boss training machine for Certified Production Technicians (CPT) , a revolutionary assessment and training device engineered by Amatrol. Lightweight and portable, “Skill Boss” will enable any high school, community college, and manufacturer to offer…[ Read More → ]

Last month, the CTE Excellence and Equity Act, was introduced in a bipartisan effort to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Act (H.R. 5587). The bill would “provide federal funding for partnerships between school districts, employers, and institutions of higher education that integrate high-quality career and technical education (CTE) programs into high schools” according to a press release from…[ Read More → ]